Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,603, John Gorden, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
★ Gorden, John or Gordon
S 39,603
CONTENTS

(3826) Pennsylvania Roll
John Gordon 2 d Capt Slough Pennsylvania line 9 months In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of October 1818 and forwarded to Andrew Bodin Carlisle Penn a
Arrears to 4 th of Sep 1818 26.86 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 21 st Mar 1818 48.00 $74.86
3 mo 7/31 4/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Dickinson Township Cumberland Co. Pa.

39603
Rev INVALID.
1914 Nov. 27 History to Leon French Ad
File No. 89,608
John Gordon His Her His
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 207
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BECKER & FRENCH ATTORNEYS AT LAW SUITE 1008 CALIFORNIA BUILDING LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles, Nov. 18, 1914.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, U. S. Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
From the pension rolls of 1835, covering Cumberland County, Penna., I note that there are two John Gordons listed as pensioners in that county, the first having been pensioned January 17, 1816, and the second having been pensioned May 25, 1818.
I had an ancestor by the name of John Gordon, who served in the Revolution from Cumberland County, Penna., and am very anxious to get a statement showing his military service and such family information as may be contained in his application and the other papers in his file. However, I am at a loss to know which of the above John Gordons is my ancestor and, if it is not asking too much, I would greatly appreciate receiving your usual form of abstract certificate covering all of the John Gordons of Cumberland County, Penna., who applied for or were granted pensions for service in the Revolutionary War.
Samuel Lindsay, of Cumberland County, Penna., was Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania "Flying Camp" during the Revolutionary War, losing an eye at the battle of Fort Washington in 1776, at which time he was taken prisoner. The fact of his having been so seriously injured while in the military service leads me to believe that he, too, may have been a pensioner, although he died in 1800 and I am under the impression that the United States government did not grant pensions until after that date. However, if your files show anything with regard to the above Samuel Lindsay, I would also greatly appreciate your usual form of certificate showing the same.
I trust that I am not requesting more than I should, but limit my inquiries to those in whom I am particularly interested.
Yours in sincerity,
Leon French
LF/VS
the John Gordons see Mr. Lee file 10 190. 1 M.S. St. Eng. Nov. 18/14. of Cumberland Co Pa. answered see Saml. Lindsay Penn. Div.

John Gordon. prnt. 25 May.
To Andrew Boden Carlisle Penn a
Admitted — on the Penn a Roles.

Cumberland County ss State of Pennsylvania
On this 25 th day of May A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Cumberland County, and State of Penn- sylvania personally appears John Gordon aged sixty five years resident in Dickinson Township, County and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to pro- vide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revo- lutionary war,"
That he the said John Gordon enlisted in the Borough of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania, in the company com- manded by Col. Logan  Stough , in the 3 rd Regiment of Penn- sylvania commanded by Col. Butler (which regiment belonged to the Continental army) he enlisted some time in the months of July or August 1782 (which of the two months he does not now distinctly recollect) for during the war that he was marched from Lancaster to Carlisle & then from there to Lancaster again and was then marched from Lancaster to Elizabethtown point to assist in guarding prisoners, and he was there attached to the 2 nd Regiment commanded by Col. Hampton and was marched back to Philadelphia in Penn- sylvania, where he was discharged from service in the month of June 1783 Deposent further states that he had his discharge for a number of years after the war

but that he finally lost it, and does not recollect how or when, and that he is in reduced circum- stances and stand in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
John Gordon
Sworn to & declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Jacob Hendell
Cumberland County ss
I Jacob Hendell Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Cumberland County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Gordon did serve in the Continental in the Revo- lutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy & I now transmit the proceedings and testi- mony taken and laid before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Con- gress.
In testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand and seal this 25 th day of May A. D 1818
Jacob Hendell

Cumberland County, } ss. State of Pennsylvania, }
I, Robert McCoy Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cumberland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that Jacob Wendel Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, and who hath thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such affidavit and a Judge of Court of Common Pleas now is, an acting Justice of the Peace , in and for the said county,
duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit is and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Carlisle, in the said County, this twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the forty second
ATTEST,
Robt McCoy Protho

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S.39603
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Gordon or Gordan a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July or Aug 1/782 to June 1783 Slough { Rutter Hampton Pa         
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Evil. in borough of Lancaster, Pa.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 25, 1878. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Tickinon Township, Cumberland Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, 65-
Remarks: There is no data on file as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.